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The Piedmont Theatre, with Asteroid City on the marquee.
Posted inArts & Community

Will Oakland’s movie theaters survive?

Natalie Orenstein headshot by Natalie Orenstein July 5, 2023July 5, 2023

Movie houses have closed across the East Bay. We checked in on the New Parkway, the Piedmont Theatre, and the Grand Lake Theatre.

Posted inBusiness

Will Oakland’s old Parkway Theater be reborn as a pot-friendly movie lounge?

by Sydney Fishman August 29, 2022August 29, 2022

Ivy Hill Cannabis, which currently operates a dispensary at the former theater east of Lake Merritt, is hoping so. But legal troubles have slowed the process.

Documentary filmmaker Alex Bledsoe. Photo: Adrian Octavius Walker
Posted inArts & Community

Local filmmaker points lens at another public health crisis: lead poisoning in Oakland

by Minhae Shim Roth August 24, 2020August 27, 2020

Alex Bledsoe’s forthcoming ‘OAKLEAD’ documentary elucidates the relationships between race, socioeconomic status and access to adequate healthcare and housing.

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